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	Kunashir Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kunashir Island (Кунашир (Kunashir) in Russian, 国後島:Kunashiri in Japanese, Black Island in Ainu language) is the southernmost island in the Kuril chain in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast.
		The island is formed with the volcanic and crystalline rocks.
		The island has a port next to the village of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, district seat of the South Kurile district and the island's main settlement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kunashiri (204 words)

	Kurile Island conflict Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kurile Island conflict is a dispute between Russia and Japan over the sovereignty of islands currently under Russian administration.
		Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Kurile Islands, and to that portion of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it over which Japan acquired sovereignty as a consequence of the Treaty of Portsmouth of 5 September 1905.
		The dispute is whether four of the islands currently under Russian administration were acquired by the Treaty of Portsmouth or were under Japanese control prior to this treaty.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/k/ku/kurile_island_conflict.html (139 words)

	Kunashir Island - TheBestLinks.com - Kunashiri, Area, Climate, Forest, ...
		Kunashir Island (Kunashiri in Japanese, Кунашир (Kunashir) in Russian, Black Island in Ainu language), a southwestern island of the Kuril Islands, located in the Sakhalin Oblast of Russia.
		Although this island is a part of Russia, Japan maintains a claim to it along with the other three islands (see Kuril Island conflict).
		There is a chain of volcanoes along the island with some of them still active (Tyatya (1819 m), Rurui in the Dokuchaev ridge, Mendeleev and Golovnin).
	www.thebestlinks.com /Kunashiri.html (208 words)

	Kuril Island conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kuril Island conflict is a dispute between Japan and Russia over sovereignty over the most southern four of the uninhabited Kuril Islands.
		The disputed islands are currently under under Russian administration as part of the Sakhalin Oblast but are also claimed by Japan which refers to them as the Northern Territories (北方領土) or Southern Chishima (南千島).
		The whole of Etorofu shall belong to Japan; and the Kurile Islands, lying to the north of and including Uruppu, shall belong to Russia." Note that Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomais Islands are not explicitly mentioned in the treaty.
	aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/k/ku/kuril_island_conflict.html (375 words)

	Russia & Japan - CDI Russia Weekly #241 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These two islands had not historically been listed as part of the Kuril chain, and were not covered by the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty according to which, under the Russian interpretation, Japan agreed to the loss of the two northern islands of Kunashiri and Etorofu.
		Russians from the islands can now visit Hokkaido without a visa, and some Japanese have been allowed to travel to the islands to visit their ancestors' graves.
		The islands are rich in fish and seaweed, but these are businesses that can turn a tidy profit irrespective of who owns the islands.
	www.cdi.org /russia/241-9.cfm (1513 words)

	Remote Islands 2 quiz -- free game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The highest peak on the island is Mount Gower, 875 m.
		It is rather a reef, it is uninhabited, and it is in the Timor Sea.
		These islands were ceded by the sultan of Masqat to Great Britain 1854 for a cable station, and ceded back to Oman 1967.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=76937 (493 words)

	russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		President Putin stated on December 23, 2004 that the precondition for the transfer to Japan of the Habomai Islands and Shikotan Island is the conclusion of a peace treaty.
		The Chishima Islands, from Shumushu Island at the northern end and Kunashiri Island at the southern end, were historically considered Japan's territory, peacefully established through diplomatic negotiations between Japan and Russia.
		Twenty years later, the treaty for the exchange of Sakhalin with the Chishima Islands concluded between the Meiji Government of Japan and the czarist Russia demarcated the Chishima Islands as Japanese territory and Sakhalin as Russian territory.
	www.japan-press.co.jp /2421/russia.html (742 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Creative thinking on the Kuril Islands
		Their approach, the two islands plus alpha solution, is something less than a 50:50 split of the total area, more like 37:63, with the smaller part going to Japan.
		The islands are believed to be rich in natural resources, such as oil and gas, and the area is a major fishing grounds.
		But Tokyo should allow Russia to run the administration of Kunashiri in the near- and mid-term, permitting Russian residents to live on the island and waiting for some of them to move to Etorofu in the long term.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nts52165.htm (2484 words)

	SHORT REPORT: ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS CONFIRMED ON KUNASHIRI ISLAND, 15 KILOMETERS FROM THE EASTERN PART OF ...
		rodents on Kunashiri Island from July 10 to July 27, 2003.
		Comparison of partial nucleotide sequences of cytochrome b genes from isolates of Echinococcus multilocularis from Kunashiri Island and Hokkaido.
		Epidemiology of alveolar hydatid disease (AHD) and estimation of infected period of AHD in Rebun Island, Hokkaido.
	www.ajtmh.org /cgi/content/full/72/3/284 (1606 words)

	LP: Creative thinking on the Kurils
		Some of the latest thinking is that Japan should give up demanding the return of all four islands and instead accept and instead accept the two smaller islands and a portion of the two larger ones.
		Their approach, the two islands plus alpha solution, is something less than a 50-50 split of the total area, more like 37-63, with the smaller part going to Japan.
		This 37-63 split of the entire area of the disputed islands could be a win-win international resolution as well as a lose-lose result in the two countries' domestic politics, since giving up perceived sovereignty always goes against national sentiment.
	www.libertypost.org /cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=92725 (2893 words)

	Japan open to return of two disputed isles
		The government is leaning closer to accepting a two-stage accord over four disputed islands off Hokkaido in which Russia would hand over two of them with assurances that the remaining two will also eventually be returned, government sources said Sunday.
		The dispute—involving the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri and Shikotan and the Habomai group of islets—has prevented the two countries from concluding a peace treaty, meaning they are still technically in a state of war.
		The islands were seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War II.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55a/441.html (530 words)

	RUSNET :: Russia seizes Japanese fishing boat off Kunashiri Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Russia seized a Japanese fishing boat with five crew members off the disputed Kunashiri Island in northern Pacific on Thursday on suspicion of poaching, Japan Coast Guard officials said.
		The Russian authority apparently took the boat to Kunashiri Island after finding unauthorized catches, including shrimps and rockfish known as "kinki," on the boat, the officials said.
		The incident took place in waters a few kilometers off Kunashiri Island, one of the four disputed islands east of Hokkaido that also include the islands of Etorofu and Shikotan and the Habomai group of islets.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2005/11/04/print/currentaffairs04.shtml (138 words)

	Plate Tectonics
		It was centered near Kunashiri Island, about 600 miles northeast of Tokyo.
		Russian-held Kunashiri is part of the Kuril Island chain of islands disputed by Tokyo and Moscow.
		The quake was felt in the city of Nemuro on the eastern edge of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido.
	www.platetectonics.com /article.asp?a=70&c=1 (125 words)

	TCM Breaking News - 2002/01/19: Strong earthquake shakes northern Japan
		It centred about 30 miles below the seabed off the southern coast of Kunashiri Island, about 620 miles northeast of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said.
		Kunashiri is part of the Kurils island chain disputed by Japan and Russia.
		The shaking was mostly limited to the city of Nemuro on the eastern edge of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, the agency said.
	archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2002/01/19/story36963.asp (183 words)

	Russian group heads for Kunashiri after visa-free trip Japan Policy & Politics - Find Articles
		A group of Russian visitors left Hokkaido early Wednesday for Kunashiri Island, one of disputed islands, after the first visit this year of a visa-free program for Russians and Japanese, local officials said.
		The group of 74 residents from Etorofu, Shikotan and Kunashiri islands, led by Nataljya Osjkina, left Hokkaido's Nemuro port aboard a Japanese passenger boat and headed toward Kunashiri Island, officials said.
		The islands, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, were seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War II.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2000_June_12/ai_62708785 (212 words)

	570 on Peace Boat set sail to visit 'Muneo House' on Kunashiri Japan Policy & Politics - Find Articles
		In addition to visiting such facilities on Kunashiri Island as a diesel power plant, the participants will also stay at a facility dubbed ''Muneo House,'' which is connected with a scandal involving Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki, who is now arrested and detained on suspicion of bribery.
		The NGO had sponsored a goodwill cruise to Kunashiri and Shikotan islands under a similar visa-free arrangement in 1991 with 116 passengers.
		In a cabinet decision in 1989, the government decided to urge Japanese nationals not to seek visas from the then Soviet authorities to visit the islands as it believed such action could be taken as an endorsement of Moscow's ownership of the territories.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2002_August_19/ai_90625169 (370 words)

	Kurile Island - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		Russia and Japan are in a dispute over the Kurile Island.
		As I was looking over the map, I saw that these islands give Russia a great position if anything comes up between Russia and Japan.
		Russia can't even feed the people on Kurile islands, and Japan could use the land.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread169949/pg (332 words)

	Vocabulary of 'territorial dispute'
		In the north, it is separated with Uruppu Island by Etorofu Strait while in the south with Kunashiri Island by Kunashiri Strait.
		With Etorofu, Shikotan and Kunashiri islands, it forms so called "northern territory", of which return back is always claimed by Japan.
		In the north, it is separated with Etorofu Island by Kunashiri Strait while in the south with Hokkaido by Nemuro Strait.
	www.docoja.com /cgi-bin/keywordj?geog+territorial_dispute+dico/geogifg (632 words)

	Welcome to SportFishgBC.ca - Information on Fishing boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Fumi Maru No. 83 with 10 members and the Sanko Maru No. 58 with nine members were captured near Kunashiri Island on Wednesday.
		The Habomais and Kunashiri are among four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.
		Russia plans to question crew members from the Eitoku Maru in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Russia's Sakhalin Island and those from the two other boats in Yuzhno-Kurilsk on Kunashiri.
	www.sportfishingbc.ca /Fishing_boats_Fishing_boats_sports_268149.html (166 words)

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		Unmanaged and unquantified artisanal fishing is ongoing at Navassa Island, a small oceanic island about 70 km west of Haiti that is part of the U.S. Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
	camping.cybermacro.com /island-fishing.htm (304 words)

	4 Stroke Outboard Motors Vancouver Island Facts, Web-Site And Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On Sunday, two other Japanese vessels were seized in Russian waters on suspicion of violating fishing laws and fined, according to Itar Tass news agency.
		On Saturday, Japan's Maritime Safety Agency seized four South Korean fishing boats off the Tsushima Islands for allegedly operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone and arrested the vessels' captains and crews, agency officials said.
		The 7 ton Midori Maru No. We knew about the EEZ but could not confirm it, Captain Takahiro Okumura, 58, said upon arriving at Nyuzu port in the town of Kamae in the southwestern Japanese prefecture.
	www.boat-guru.com /4-stroke-outboard-motors-vancouver-island.html (807 words)

	WBFF - Stories of Great Bonsai
		To obtain the best Ezo spruce, we traveled as far as Kunashiri Island in Chishima Peninsula off Hokkaido.
		Sakagami's wish was for me to realize in bonsai the virgin forest of Hokkaido by using Ezo spruce.
		I had started visiting Kunashiri at the age of 20.
	www.bonsai-wbff.org /remotesthill.shtml (767 words)

	Vocabulary of 'volcano'
		Its surface is about 20 km2 and you can access there from Ogasawara Island by charting a fishing ship but a permission to land is needed.
		The 7 constituent islands are from the north to the south: Oshima, Toshima, Nijima, Kozujima, Miyakejima, Mikurajima, et Hchijojima.
		All the islands belong to "Fuji Hakone Izu National Park".
	www.docoja.com /cgi-bin/jeywordj?geog+volcano+dico+geogifg+0 (1088 words)

	Briggsandstratton Outboards Portal - Briggsandstratton Outboards Results
		Russian authorities took the boat to Kunashiri Island after finding unauthorized catches, including shrimps and rockfish, known as ''kinki,'' on the boat, the officials said.
		The 19 ton Eiko Maru No. Russia seized a Japanese fishing boat with five crew members off the disputed Kunashiri Island in the northwestern Pacific on Thursday on suspicion of poaching, Japan Coast Guard officials said.
		As a matter of fact, the YP is one of the few craft in today's Navy that is run by an entire crew of enlisted Sailors.
	www.boats-boating.info /briggsandstratton-outboards.html (1062 words)

	Heath And Hygiene On A Tropical Island - Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Heath And Hygiene On A Tropical Island - Island
		I 'surfed' killer wave to safety Jan a boat on a floating jetty on Thailand's Phi Phi island at.
		in migratory and endemic island songbirds (genus Vireo): A...
	island.wveighteen.net /heath-and-hygiene-on-a-tropical-island.php (518 words)

	Power Boats And Cliff Pond Brewster Massachusetts Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There was only one survivor when the fishing vessel overturned last Wednesday about 25 miles off the cape of Nosappu, on the island of Hokkaido.
		The term traditional use no. Bass boats offer the best performance, tackle management, and catch and release livewell support for you and a fishing partnet If family recreation is in the picture, fishand sld models don't sacrifice much fishing performance to add the amenities that will family happy.
		The 12 were adrift in a life raft for some time before being picked up by another boat, according to the MSDF.
	boat-guru.com /power-boats-and-cliff-pond-brewster-massachusetts.html (705 words)

	eTravel.org - Strong quake jolts northern Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A strong earthquake, measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, has shaken northern Japan - but there have been no reports of injuries or damage.
		The quake's epicentre was about 30 miles below the seabed, off the southern coast of Kunashiri Island, about 620 miles northeast of Tokyo, according to the Meteorological Agency.
		Although an earthquake of magnitude 5 or higher can damage buildings, this latest quake was centred far from heavily populated areas and there were no reports of damage or injuries.
	www.etravel.org /news/1286 (353 words)

	Russian Odonata photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		They were taken in 1996-98 in Western Siberia, the Northern Caucasus, and Kunashiri Island (Southern Kurile Islands).
		Anotogaster sieboldi, male, 5 Aug 1998, Kunashiri Island
		Orthetrum triangulare, teneral male, 5 Aug 1998, Kunashiri Island
	insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /Images/Odonata/Perepelov.html (94 words)

	Shuttle images of JAPAN
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	rove.to /japan (978 words)

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